Adjustable scoop for scraping, lifting, and carrying ground, &amp;c.



No. 789,335. PATENTED MAY 9,1905.

T. PASOOE. ADJUSTABLE SCOOP FOR SCRAPING, LIFTING, AND CARRYINGGROUND,'&0.

APPLIUATION FILED 00124 1904.

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THEOPHIL'US PASCOE, OF SHEFFIELD, IOWVA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,335, dated May 9,1905. Application filed October 4, 1904. Serial No. 227,172.

To (til whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THnorrnLUs PAsooE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheffield, in the county of Franklin and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Ad j ustable Scoop for Scraping, Lifting, andCarrying (Jrround, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide means specially adapted for operating a scoop byhitching a horse thereto to pull it like a scraper to be filled withground and then lifted by means of a crane and carried and dumped bypulling a rope, as required, to save time and labor in ma (ingexcavations and in moving ground or other substances that can be liftedby the scoop to be carried and deposited in another location or loadedupon wagons or cars.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed outin myelaims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the scoop and operating mechanism combinedtherewith. Fig. 2 shows the scoop connected with the arm of a crane, asrequired when in practical use.

The numeral designates a metal scoop that may vary in size andconfiguration. its top edge is reinforced by a metal bar 12, rivetcdthereto and provided with apertures for connecting chains therewith. Arigid handle 13 is fixed to its rear and closed end to extend rearward,as shown, for manually holding and adjusting the scoop when in use forscraping and scooping ground, grain, &c., to be lifted and carriedtherein from one place to another. A jointed brace 14 is hinged on topof the central portion of the handle and provided with a loop 15 at itsfree end. Chains l6 and are connected with the loop and the rear scoop,as shown in Fig. 1, or in any suitable Way, in such a manner that theycan be stretched taut when the scoop is suspended from the arm of acrane by means of a rope 18, connected with the loop 15 and extendedover direction-pulleys l9 and 20, as shown in Fig. 2, for detachablyhitching a horse to the end of the rope. A rope 21 is fixed to the brace14 below its joint 22 in such a manner that when the scoop is loaded andelevated and in position to be emptied pulling down on the rope willbend the brace downward at its joint and allow the open end of the scoopto drop downward, as required, to dump its contents therefrom. A chain23 is connected with the parallel sides and top edge of the scoop,preferably adjustably, in such a manner that a rope 24 can be detachablyconnected with the center of the chain, as shown in Fig. 1, and a horsehitched to the rope for operating the scoop like a scraper to fill itwith ground or other matter adapted to be scraped into and lifted andcarried by the scoop.

In the practical use of my invention it is obvious a person can takehold of the handle 13 to govern the scoop when it is moved forward byhorse-power, as required, to fill the scoop with ground or grain, andwhen filled the horse is detached from the rope 24.- and hitched to therope 18 for elevating the loaded scoop so it can be carried by means ofthe arm of a crane to be emptied in another location by simply pullingon the rope 21.

Having thus set forth the purpose of my invention and the construction,arrangement, and combination of all its parts, the practical operationand utility thereof will be readily understood by persons familiar withthe art to which it pertains.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A scoop having a handle fixed to its rear end to extend rearward, ajointed brace hinged on top of the handle and the free end of the braceadj ustably connected with the rear end of the scoop, for the purposesstated.

2. A scoop, a handle fixed to the rear and closed end of the scoop toextend rearward, a jointed brace hinged to the central portion of thehandle and provided with a fixed loop at its free end, chains connectedwith the loop and with the top and rear end of the scoop and means foradjusting the jointed brace, arranged and combined to operate in themanner set forth for the purposes stated.

3. A scoop for scraping, lifting and carrying ground from one locationto another, c0111- prising a scoop that is closed at its rear end, meansfor hitching a horse to the front of the a rigid handle fixed to itsrear end to extend scoop, arranged and combined to operate in IQzfiarlwarciil, a 1jointed brace hingledi on top 01; the manner set forthfor the purposes stated.

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